Improvement in joints and rails for carriage-tops



- A. D.- GODDARD & GfS/BURROWS.

Joint and Bail-for Carriage-Tops.

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AMOS D. GODDARD AND GEORGE S IMPROVEMENT lN JOINTS AN Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No.

PATENT OEIoE.

. BURROVVS, OF FOND'DU LAC, \VIS.

o RAILS FOR CARRlAGE-TOPS.

217,527, dated Jul 15 1879 a )lication filed y a J l 1 May 20, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AMos D. GODDARD and GEORGE S. BURRows, of Fond duLac, in the county of Fond du'Lac and State of Wiscousin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Carriage Joints and Rails forCarriage-Seats; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, andin which Figurelis a perspective view of ourimprovements in joints andmethod of securing rails to carriage seats and tops; and Fig. 2 is amodification thereof.

Corresponding parts in the two figures are denoted by similar letters ofreference.

This invention appertains to certain improvements in joints and methodof securing rails to carriage seats and tops; and they consist of theparts substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

The object of our invention is to provide for the adjustment of the sideand back rails to any ordinary seat previously ironed; and also to holdthe carriage-top in a firm position, to prevent forward and backwardmovement of same-an objection common to many other tops.

In the annexed drawings, A refers to a carriage-seat of the ordinaryconstruction, to the sides and bottom of which are firmly secured thestandards a (0, upon the upper ends of which latter rest the side rails,D. In these side rails slots are made immediately over the ends of thestandards a, through which and the ends of the said standards are passedheaded bolts (1, which are-suitably held in place by nuts.

The rear ends of the side rails, D, are provided with transverseapertures, which receive and hold the lower ends of the back rails, E.These back rails are bolted to standards 0, which pass over the back ofthe seat A, as shown in the figures. Secured to the upper ends of therails E is the lazy-back B.

F marks a brace secured to the lazy-back B,

. and, preferably, to the forward part of the side V l rails, D, to morefirmly brace the lazy-back. Connected to the brace F about midway of itslength, and to the rear part of the side rail, D, is another brace, f,which serves to strengthen, and, as against downward pressure, support,the brace F.

Connected to the back prop or arm, d, which latter is secured to therear part of the rail D, is a joint-brace, G, which ext-ends upwardlyand is pivoted to the bow C. Held. on the same pivot is a secondjoint-brace, G, which bow, C. The short arm of the joint-brace G isnearest the rail D, and the hinge of same works downwardly. Pivoted tothe joint-brace G at its hinge is another brace, H, which extendsforward and is attached to the front arm of the side rail, D, to whichlatter the bows are secured. The short arm of thisjoint-brace H isnearest to the joint-brace G, and the hinge works upwardly. The objectof thus arrang' ing the joint-braces G and H is, that when the top is upand the several joint-braces are straightened, the brace H holds thebrace G at its hinge outwardly in a firm position, and

which the top is held in an upright position and a forward and backwardmovement pre vented.

To adjust the side and back rails to a seat previously ironed and of agreater or less width or length, the end of the back rail is insertedand suitably held into the slot or orifice made in the rear end of theside rail, and the forward end of said rail-is moved in position so thatit rests on the standard a and the slot is immediately over the orificein the standard a, when the bolt cl is passed through the rail andstandard, and the parts are securely held by a nut, as clearly shown inthe drawings.

Fig. 2 represents a modification of our device, wherein the side rail,D, is provided with by which, when :the seat is yet to be ironed, thesaid rail, for greater strength, can be secured to both of the standardsan by headed bolts or other suitable fastcnings.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the back rail,

extends forward and is attached to the front j prevents the said brace Gfrom bending, by

two slots, one over each of the standards a a,

E, and

standard a of a carriage-seat, the side rail, D, detachably connected atits rear end to the said back rail, and having a slot near its for wardend, by which it can be fastened to the said standard a by means of anutted bolt, d, or other suitable fastening, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the back rail, E, and standards a and a, the siderail, D, resting upon the standard at, its rear end suitably fastened tosaid back rail, and having; a slot near its forward end, through whichand the standard a is passed a bolt, (1, by which the rail is firmlysecured to said standard, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination of the braces G and H with the rail D, having theoutwardly-extendin g forward arm, which forms a common pi rot for thebrace H and the bows, whereby the forward end of said brace is pivotedabove and exteriorly to the arm-rest F, as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS D. GODDARD. GEORGE S. BURROWS. Witnesses GEO. W. CARTER, H. J WOLF.

